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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 6..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellie see as she opens her eyes while floating in the pool?
(a) Will is standing over her.
(b) Jennifer is on the edge of the pool.
(c) A hawk is about to grab a squirrel in the oak tree.
(d) Her mother is frowning at her.

2. Who smiles at Ellie as she is walking down the hall?
(a) The captain of the football team.
(b) One of the guys she saw in the woods.
(c) A guy she meet in biology class.
(d) A guy she saw in the principal's office when she enrolled.

3. Where are Ellie and her parents living at the opening of the story?
(a) Washington, D. C.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Baltimore.

4. How long has Ellie known Liz?
(a) Her whole life.
(b) About a year.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) One day.

5. What does Ellie's mother invite Will to do?
(a) Go with them to deliver some food.
(b) Stay for a swim before he and Ellie go out to eat.
(c) Stay for a swim and dinner.
(d) Talk to Ellie's father about the upcoming football game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Ellie enjoys doing?

2. What does Ellie wonder about what she saw at the bottom of the ravine?

3. Where does Will's father work now?

4. Why did Will look Ellie up in the school directory?

5. What poem does Ellie trade with someone else so she does not have to do the one assigned her?

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